💻 10-Slide Interactive Presentation Content (20 Minutes)

​Descriptive Text: Purpose & Structure

By I Putu Yudha Adi Dharma

Grade X English

SMKN 1 KUTA SELATAN

​Visual Hook & Trigger Question

By I Putu Yudha Adi Dharma

Grade X English

Poll

"If you had to describe this place in just THREE words so someone who's never seen it can picture it, what would those words be?"

"What is the main reason (purpose) we use words to create this picture?"

• "Old, big, beautiful."

• "Sacred, gray, detailed."

• "Magnificent, huge, peaceful."

Objectives

​Heading: Today's 20-Minute Mission!

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. State the Purpose of Descriptive Text.

2. Separate the text into Identification and Description.

The Text (Model Text Display)

• Heading: Core Activity: Quick Analysis (10 Minutes)

• Instruction: Read the short text below carefully. Focus on what is being described and how.

The Text (Model Text Display)

• (Example: "Puss the Cat"):

  I have a cat named Puss. He's a male Persian cat whom I adore. Puss has thick, soft fur, ivory white with a hint of gray at the tips of his ears. His eyes are large, round, and emerald green, very expressive. Puss is a quiet cat, but when he's awake, he's very active, chasing a laser dot on the wall, showing a hidden agility.

Open Ended

Question: What is the Main Idea (the primary object being described)?

Answer Hint: Look at the very first sentence.

Multiple Choice

Question: What is the main purpose of the text you just read?

• A. To tell a funny story about the cat.

• B. To persuade the reader to adopt a cat.

• C. To describe the cat in detail so the reader can imagine it.

• D. To explain how to care for a Persian cat.

Drag and Drop

Match the function to the correct structural part of Descriptive Text.

General statement introducing the subject. -

Placeholder

Detailed description using adjectives. -

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Identification

Description

Orientation

Complication

Puss has thick, soft fur, ivory white with a hint of gray at the tips of his ears. His eyes are large, round, and emerald green, very expressive. Puss is a quiet cat, but when he's awake, he's very active, chasing a laser dot on the wall, showing a hidden agility.

Description.

I have a cat named Puss. He's a male Persian cat whom I adore.

Identification

Structure Confirmation (Feedback)

Poll

Look back at the Description part (Color 2). What is the most common type of word used to make the description vivid?

(Puss has thick, soft fur, ivory white with a hint of gray at the tips of his ears. His eyes are large, round, and emerald green, very expressive. Puss is a quiet cat, but when he's awake, he's very active, chasing a laser dot on the wall, showing a hidden agility.)

• adjectives

• adverb

• noun

• verb

​Summary & Next Step

• Heading: Wrap Up & Next Steps!

• Summary: Descriptive Text must have a clear Purpose (To Describe) and two parts: Identification and Description.

• Homework (Next Step): "For our next meeting, find and write down 3 unique and strong adjectives that you would use to describe your favorite place or object."

Anand Krishna

" You succeed not because of your skills and other facilities that you have, but because of your will synchronized with the Will of Existence."